Drudge and his boyfriends are ablazin' with the latest non-issue, complete with misleading headlines and lies. This time it's the claims that a former Obama campaign staff
member admitted to meeting with the former IRS head at the White House. Shocker! No.
The misquote:
The truth:
btw:
In 2010, Cutter was named Assistant to the President for Special Projects, charged with managing communications and outreach strategy for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
.
Oh, so that's why she was there! Dimwits!
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...ephanie-cutter-to-sell-health-care-reform.php
member admitted to meeting with the former IRS head at the White House. Shocker! No.
The misquote:
A clue as to whether the targeting by the IRS of Tea Party and other conservative groups was discussed at the 157 meetings that former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman had at the White House may be found in remarks by Stephanie Cutter, deputy manager for President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, in a recent appearance on Jake Tapper's show "The Lead" on CNN.
As reported by Gateway Pundit, Cutter attempted to dismiss charges they were political meetings but admitted she had attended meetings with Shulman at the White House. "I was in them with him," Cutter said. "So there was nothing nefarious going on."
Well, if they were not political meetings, why was she there at all? Was she there to offer her health care or tax code expertise?
The truth:
“A couple of facts here that I think are important for us to stick by, number one, the only reason we know about these visits is because the president makes everything public. Number two, what we’re really looking at some of these visits… What we are looking at the number of times that Mr. Shulman was cleared into the White House. It doesn’t necessarily mean he went to a meeting. Number three, many of those meetings were for healthcare implementation. I was in them with him. So there’s nothing nefarious going on.”
btw:
In 2010, Cutter was named Assistant to the President for Special Projects, charged with managing communications and outreach strategy for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
.
Oh, so that's why she was there! Dimwits!
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...ephanie-cutter-to-sell-health-care-reform.php
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